Appearances in Pop Culture

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  • A 1979 Camaro is owned by Jefferson in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Spicoli takes it on a joyride with Jefferson's little brother, but loses control in the process and crashes.
  • In 2 Fast 2 Furious, Brian Paul Walker races (and defeats) a 1969 Yenko Camaro on the street in a race "for pink slips".
  • The 1985 Dead Milkmen song "Bitchin' Camaro" playfully discusses the car as a metaphor for freedom from responsibility
  • In the movie At Close Range, a 1969 Camaro is one of the cars that Brad Whitewood, Sr. Christopher Walken drives.
  • In the movie A Walk to Remember, Landon Carter (played by Shane West) runs from the police and crashes a 1967 SS in the beginning of the movie. Several scenes later in the movie show Carter working to repair the car.
  • The Camaro is featured in the music video of the song "Shoulder Lean" by Young Dro.
  • The vehicle mode of the character Bumblebee in Transformers is a 5th-generation Camaro.
  • A '67 Camaro was used for Metallica's "I Disappear" video.
  • A fourth generation Camaro is driven by Robert De Niro in the movie Heat when he's going to flee.
  • A Camaro is featured in the opening scene of the very first episode of The OC, in which Trey and Ryan are trying to steal one.
  • A fourth generation Camaro police interceptor was driven by John Cena in the movie The Marine
  • In the movie Pretty Woman, when Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are driving the Lotus, a 1968 Camaro convertible can be seen cruising alongside.
  • In the movie Better Off Dead, John Cusack's character Lane Meyer restores and drives a black 1967 Camaro.
  • Tragically,a 2nd gen Camaro dies in the video from Madonna, "What it feels like for a girl"
  • Brad Pitt "borrows" a convertible 4th Gen ,parked at the airport,in Fight Club
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. proudly shows us his Intimidator SS during an episode of MTV Cribs (also owns an orange 2nd gen,and TBC,his sister,a 69 Pacecar)
  • During many episodes of Seinfeld,a two-tone 3rd Gen is seen parked in front of Jerry's building
  • In one of the last seasons of The X-Files,a 4th Gen convertible is driven away by the alien as Garbage's "I'm only happy when it rains" plays at the end
  • Forza Challenge,aired on Speed,pitted a 69 against 5 other cars.
  • EPMD's album cover for "Unfinished Business" boasts' a cool black IROC
  • T.I. has a yellow 1st Gen in the video for "Top Back",but the real cameo comes from the silver concept Camaro,seen probably for the first time as product placement in the media
  • The super-funny movie "Super Troopers" features a hugger orange 3rd Gen
  • A classic song,written by Luc Plamondon and sung by Steve Fiset,hits the airwaves of Quebec radios,in the 70"s. "Les Chemins D'Ete" (The roads of Summertime) also known as "Dans ma Camaro" (In my Camaro) hears Steve sing "When summertime comes back,we both will take off in my blue Camaro,with the open sky"
  • Enjoy the Pro-Street Black 69 that rips as the criminals escape from Jimmy Fallon in the opening scenes of "Taxi" (with Queen Latifah)...and the black 4th Gen that later dies as Jimmy demands traffic stop for his Police Emergency
  • Seen rotting away in the tall grass on jackstands,was a 3rd Gen depicted in front of Nelson's house in The Simpsons (with props to Apu,who once owned a flaming chicken on-the-hood too)
  • "Demolition Man" has a small cameo from the Red Camaro Prototype (aka The California Camaro)